IVF News
DNA packing is key to fertiliziation
How DNA is packaged is very important during fertilization and embryo growth. A new study from London has found the DNA sequence that helps "unlock" the egg and make it available for fertilization. This may be why DNA fragmentation tests help to identify sperm that are unable to fertilize. If this "key" is fragmented, it cannot perform the necessary functions to fertilize and produce and ongoing pregnancy
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GenX International launches Global Media
Global media is a new single-step media designed to take the embryo from day 1 to transfer. It has shown equal pregnancy rates to 2-step medias and is significantly less expensive.
This is a very helpful advance for the field as cost pressures in IVF continue to mount. and reimbursement declines.
Calendar
58th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society
Dates: April 14-18, 2010
Location: Renaissance Esmeralda Resort, Indian Wells, California, USA
http://www.pcrsonline.org
66th Annual Meeting of the ASRM
Dates: October 23-27, 2010
Place: Denver, CO
Duke University creates Ultrapure laboratory and improves pregnancy rates by 30%
The laboratory environment is critical. Decreasing particle counts and VOCs is a solid investment.
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K-Systems Launches the G-185
K-Systems has launches a new, unique incubator to allow individual incubation of embryos with minimal change of the embryo environment,.
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